Chapter 775 A comet hits the earth Cheng Jingxian regarded Helena, a foreign businessman, as a ladder to his success, and he prepared a very sumptuous dinner, and in a harmonious atmosphere, Cheng Jingxian and Helena reached a multi-party export agreement.For example, for shipbuilding orders, Venice's biggest problem is the shortage of manpower, which is precisely the advantage of the Ming Dynasty, strong production capacity, which can make up for the gap of Venetian trading merchant ships being sunk or captured by the Ottomans.Of course, what Helena wants most is the Sea Shark-class warship, once this kind of warship is sailed to Europe, it can not only crush the navy of the Ottoman Empire, but even the navy of the Spanish Empire, and even the rookie British Empire.But the problem is that Cheng Jingxian can't call the shots with this kind of warship, in fact, Cheng Jingxian and Helena reached an export trade cooperation intention of 20,000 tons of steel.Of course, this order contained only ordinary steel, and did not contain various alloys, like steel alloys that could cast artillery barrels, and Helena offered to pay a ton for five thousand gold carters.A gold cart is made of pure gold and weighs about 5.3 grams, although due to technical reasons, the so-called pure gold is not 99.9 percent, but about 95 percent, even if each gold coin is 5 grams, that is 25,000 kilograms of gold.According to the proportions of the posterity, this value is quite expensive.Cheng Jingxian said with a smile on his face: "Miss Dandoro, you are embarrassed for me, let alone five thousand gold carters, even if it is fifty thousand gold carters, I dare not do this business." ”Helena was a little lost.Cheng Jingxian said with a smile: "The person who can call the shots in this matter is in Beijing, with your relationship with His Majesty the Emperor, this matter may be possible!"
”Helena sighed and said, "I can still talk to you, but I don't have to talk to him 100%!"
”Don't look at the smoothbore guns that Quan Xu sold him, those smoothbore guns were actually failed by the Gun Bureau during the test, and then the rifling was sharpened and sold to her.Quan Xu's principled bottom line will not be shaken because of her.Every time she thought about this question, Helena suddenly felt that the food in front of her was not fragrant at all.Even if she arrived in the capital, she didn't have the slightest confidence to convince Quan Xu.Just when Helena was thinking about it, Quan Xu was urgently summoning Shen Mingze, the prime minister of the Government Council, in the imperial study."
Your Majesty!""
Sit!"
Quan Xu asked people to make a cup of hot tea: "Come, take a sip first, warm up!"
”"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Quan Xu looked at the heavy snow fluttering outside the window and said: "I have received news that this blizzard has spread all over Hebei and Shanxi, and even northern Shandong and Henan have also been affected!"
”Shen Mingze knew that Quan Xu was not like other scholars, saying that the people were the most important, just talking casually, Quan Xu attached great importance to the people.This is not just a casual talk."
This blizzard, so far, has not caused large-scale damage!
However, this blizzard will definitely have a significant impact on the lives of the people. ”Quan Xu sighed and said: "This snow disaster is also a test of our new dynasty's ability to govern, everyone in the world is looking at us, the Government Council will dispatch a working group to each place to supervise and investigate the impact of the snow disaster on the people, and at the same time, we must ensure that the price of food in various places is not affected by the snow disaster, and the snow disaster cannot cause innocent casualties, no matter how important the political performance is, it is not as important as the lives of the people!"
”Shen Mingze bowed down and said: "The minister understands, it's just that the scope of this snow disaster is too large, and the transportation has encountered major difficulties, whether it is Shanhaiwei Port or Tianjin Port, the materials are piled up, but they can't be transported to the places where they are needed!"
”Quan Xu naturally thought of the future: "Then send troops to participate in disaster relief!"
”"Army disaster relief?"
Shen Mingze was a little puzzled by this: "Is this okay?"
”"It has to go!"
Quan Xu immediately issued an order to the General Staff to let Zhu Zhaoyi of the General Staff and Yuan Shu of the Ministry of National Defense enter the palace overnight.There is a saying that after Quan Xu ascended the throne, many regulations were abolished, for example, the Forbidden City will be locked after dark, and it will not be opened no matter what happens, even if there is a major event of the sky falling, it can only let the messenger hang on the palace wall and then enter the palace.However, Jeon Wook does not have such a regulation.After he was stationed in Beijing, he first abolished the curfew system, and in fact, not only Beijing, but all cities, including all cities, did not have a curfew.The capital is open 24 hours a day, people and merchants can enter and exit freely, and the gate of the palace will not be closed, as long as necessary, you can enter the palace to report to Quan Xu.When Zhu Zhaoyi heard that the troops were going to cooperate with Shen Mingze's Government Council to participate in the disaster relief of the people, Zhu Zhaoyi said with some reluctance: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's a bit inappropriate to let the troops obey the command of civilian officials, right?"
”The military attachés, who have been suppressed by civilian officials for hundreds of years, finally met Quan Xu, Quan Xu improved the treatment and autonomy of soldiers, these military attaches finally no longer have to be instructed by civilian officials, and now Quan Xu has let the troops accept the command of civilian officials, Zhu Zhaoyi does not want to accept it whether it is salty or natural reaction.Quan Xu looked at Zhu Zhaoyi: "If you can deal with the current snow disaster, I can listen to you!"
”This is a bit heavy, although Quan Xu is automatically delegating power, but he doesn't dare to let Quan Xu listen to himself.What is this?
Bullying the emperor?
Not to mention that Quan Xu will not agree, the generals of the Royal Army and the Royal Navy will not agree, and the members of the Soldiers' Committee will also act as soon as possible, so that Zhu Zhaoyi will die without a place to be buried.Zhu Zhaoyi didn't dare to let Quan Xu listen to him, and neither could he.In this way, Zhu Zhaoyi began to allocate troops to participate in disaster relief.As a large number of Royal Army troops began to participate in clearing the roads covered with snow and ice, the traffic on the roads was ensured.The traffic is smooth, and a large amount of materials can be distributed to the hands of the affected people.During this time, thanks to the large cultivation of cotton, coupled with the improvement of the production efficiency of steam engine textiles, the cost and selling price of cotton clothing were cheaper.In the second year of Chongzhen, a cotton coat can be sold for six to eight taels of silver, not to mention that ordinary people can't afford to wear it, and even ordinary rich families have to consider it.But now the cotton clothes have dropped to two or three taels of silver, this price is still a little expensive, but with the depreciation of silver in recent years is quite serious, this price is only equivalent to most people is acceptable.With the participation of troops in the disaster relief, the impact of this snow disaster on the north is continuing to weaken.Just when Quan Xu was lying on the sofa in the warm pavilion and checking the disaster relief report, a eunuch ran over and said: "Your Majesty, someone outside the palace asked to see him, saying that he was His Majesty's old man!"
”Quan Xu has a lot of old people in Beijing, and the Manchu Dynasty is both civil and military, but there don't seem to be many who dare to run to him."
Let him in!""
Yes!"
The eunuch retired and left.Walking from outside the palace to the warm pavilion on the side of the imperial study, the distance was still very far, and after waiting for nearly ten minutes, a woman wearing a cloak bowed down to Quan Xu: "Your Majesty the Honorable King......"
"Helena is actually you?"
”Quan Xu was a little curious, with Helena's character of treating money as her life, she almost arrived in Europe, and after processing the goods, she immediately carried the goods from Europe or what Quan Xu needed, and went to Liaodong.Over the years, there has never been a break, and most of the time is floating on the boat.This time, Helena hasn't been seen for almost three years.After not seeing her for three years, Helena's first reaction was to gain a lot of weight and appear more plump.In particular, the full breasts look spectacular despite the thick winter clothing."
It's rare that His Majesty still remembers me!"
Helena was unrestrained and sat directly on the sofa opposite Jeonxu.Looking at the glow of the skin on Helena's face, it seems that this time has been good.Quan Xu pouted and said: "You are a little out of sight when you say this, what is that, it doesn't mean that a husband and wife will be a hundred days overnight, this time when you come back, can you stay longer?"
”Helena looked at Quan Xu, and suddenly felt that the temperature in the warm pavilion was a little high, this is not a psychological effect, this is a physical effect, in the air outside, there are still minus eighteen or nineteen degrees.The temperature in the warm pavilion was a full 25 degrees.Jeon Wook was only wearing a loose brocade robe, while Helena was wearing three layers inside and three layers outside, and she was very thick.Helena untied her coat.Quan Xu is also a person from the past, so he naturally knows what will happen next.Helena did ask Quan Xu to help this time, and Quan Xu's suggestion allowed the Venetian city-state republic to attract people from the Holy Roman Empire.However, unlike the Ming Dynasty, Venice's strategy of absorbing the population was not very successful, attracting many people, but the problem that followed was that there was a huge contradiction between the foreign population and the local population.This contradiction was multifaceted, and fearing that its own interests would be lost, the Venetian city-state began to reduce its attraction of foreign populations.This problem is back on the same path, and it is necessary to have advanced artillery and advanced warships to solve the crisis encountered by the Venetian city-state republic.Quan Xu waved his hand and said, "You all go down, there is no need to serve here!"
”"Yes, Your Majesty!"
More than a dozen palace ladies and eunuchs in the warm pavilion left with small steps.At this time, there were two people in the warm pavilion, Quan Xu and Helena.After a long drought, Helena was a little emotional, and she began to untie her clothes.At this moment, heavy footsteps came from outside the warm pavilion."
The concubine has arrived!"
Sanniang strode into the warm pavilion, her eyes fell on Helena, and seeing that Helena was undressing, her face changed slightly: "Helena, you mother-in-law, so shameless!"
”Quan Xu secretly called for luck, but fortunately he was just moved at this time, but did not act.Helena looked at Sanniang and smiled, "Why do you want to fight?"
”"I'm afraid you won't make it?"
Jeon Xu got up quietly.He didn't want to do that.He understands Sanniang's character, and Helena's temper is also quite like a gentleman, as long as the two meet, it will be a comet hitting the earth, and there will definitely be sparks.A Sino-Western friendship exchange match ended after half a quarter of an hour, and although it was not long, the fight was quite intense.The two of them made a real fire."
Oops, you tap!"
Sanniang looked at the medicinal wine in Quan Xu's hand.Quan Xu smiled bitterly and said, "Now you know it hurts, right?"
”"It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt at all!""
Hmm!"
Quan Xu listened to Sanniang's suppressed voice, damn, the fire is big......